Monday, June 9, 2008

Barack Obama - Targets McCain on Economy, Gas Prices

(From MSNBC.com and the Associated Press) In linking McCain to President Bus, Obama said "our president sacrificed investments in health care, and education, and energy, and infrastructure on the altar of tax breaks for big corporations and wealthy CEOs."
"At a time when we're fighting two wars, when millions of Americans can't afford their medical bills or their tuition bills, when we're paying more than $4 a gallon for gas, the man who rails against government spending wants to spend $1.2 billion on a tax break for Exxon Mobil,"
Obama said. "That isn't just irresponsible. It's outrageous."
"Talk to somebody who owns a couple of trucks and makes a living with those trucks," McCain said. "Ask them whether they'd like to have some relief -- 18 1/2 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 1/2 cents for diesel. They say it matters."
Read more at MSNBC.com

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